Insect exterminator



Jan. 30, 1940. ZA|. E5KY 2,188,618

vINsEC'r EXTERMINATQR I Filed March 24. 1939 -2 sheets-sheet 1 l Jael ZaZes. ff/ l y l Inventor Jan. 30, 1940. .J. l.. zALEsKY 2,188,618

'INSECT EXTERMINATOR I FilBd March 24, 1939. *i 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Inventor Jaeazgs@ A itomeys Puentes im. 36, 1940 UNITED STAT-labs'l PA'rl-:Nfr OFFICE spamrun umn :4. las, snm N0. man 1 cmm. (c1. isp-n2) This invention appertains to new andnseful improvementsin means for killing insects such as flies by electricity.

The principal object of the present invention l is to provide an electrocuting device for nies 4anni other insects which can be baited and placed in `any out-of-the-way place to the end that human attention will not be required and that it can be safely employed. l. Another important object of the invention is to provide a device of the character statedwhich will be of simple construction and low c ostof 'manufacture A 'mese and otherfobiects andadvantages of 'il invention will become apparent to theJeder of the following specification.

In the drawings: v V Pigure1representsatopplanview., Pigure2isasideelevation. f

is a sectional view'on the line 8-8 I mures ofl'lsurelwiththeconductorwiresremoved.

Figure 4 is afragmentary detailed `sectional viewonthelineHofFigme2.

Pigureisa r Aticvie'w. l ngureisaperspectivevlewofthebaitsheet.

Referring to the drawings wherein likenumer- .als designate like parts, it can'be seen that numeral l. represents a block of insulation (pref. erabiy wood);

end pf the block l is a rectangular-shaped'band lwhichpassesunder theblocka'ndat thesides thereof and across the row of nails. This band mavbeintheformofanirisulstingtape. l Ateachendoftheblockis-asecondrowof nailslwhicharealsocoveredoverbythacorrespondingbandl.

vWinslextendfromeaclioiitlienailsos'pegs Into each end of the block is drivenarowofnailsorthelikeiandateach' 8 ,at each end of the block and are suitably secured to corresponding nails or pegs 8 at the opposite end of the "block 5. Y At one end of the block. all of the wiresl connected to the nails or pegs 6 have extensions 5' and are connectedto lthe positive wire I0, whi1e at the opposite end of the block all of the wires. connected to the nails or pegs 6 have extensions which connect .commonly to the negative wire -I l.

The band 1 can be'slotted pr notched as at 10' I2 to accommodate the end portions of the bait plate or sheet Il which can be slipped under the wires 9, so that insects, ies or the like will have to pass downwardly between the wires 9 andin doing so will bridge the wires and result in their 15 electrocution.

While the foregoing specication sets 'forth the invention in specific terms, it is to be understood that numerous changes in the shape. size Vand materiels may be resorted to without de 20 parting' from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed hereinafter. i s

' Having described the invention what is claimed 8.8 new 182 An insect exterminating device comprising a 25 block` of insulatioma row of pins rising from each end of the block of insulation, a band eircuxnscribing each end portion of the block oi. insulation and being disposed over the upper ends of the said pins. an end portion of each Bof band being notched to provide a pair of opposed notches above the said block of insulation, and a bait supporting plate disposed on the said block` with'its end portions .disposed into the notches of the said bands, current carrying wires extend- 85- ing between the Vsaid pins, said wires being 1o- 'cated above the said bait-supporting plate.

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